It’s a clip show! John and Craig discuss cutting pages from your
script, fixing plot holes, and what we’d do if we ran a studio.
We’ll be back with all new episodes in 2015, the year of
post-outrage rationality.

John and Craig offer advice to a director taking the plunge,
with guidance on both getting the work done and getting the
performances you want. From there, we segue into a discussion of
the Perfect Director, the next installment of our Perfect
series.

John and Craig talk about where to start a story — how far back
should you go? The decision about whether to meet the hero as a
child, in their normal rut, or mid-crisis fundamentally changes the
narrative, so it’s worth exploring fully.

We also discuss the psychological phenomenon of transference,
and how...

About the Podcast

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.